Two players from both the Hillsboro boys’ and girls’ basketball teams received recognition from the coaches of the Central Kansas League. For the boys, senior Micah Allen was selected for the CKL first team while junior Austin Cross received honorable mention. Allen averaged 15. ...

Heart of America league coaches have released the all-league selections for the 2014-15 basketball season. Marion is represented by two athletes, while three Canton-Galva athletes have received recognition. Marion freshman Kourtney Hansen received honorable mention. ...

Marion County schools place 12 athletes on all-league basketball teams Wheat State League coaches have released all-league honors for the 2014-15 basketball season. Marion County athletes were well-represented with 12 players from Centre, Goessel and Peabody-Burns receiving recognition. For the Centre girls, three members of the Cougars’ state-qualifying team received recognition. ...

Five Marion County basketball athletes have received all-state recognition from The Wichita Eagle. Centre’s Shelby Makovec, a senior, received first-team recognition in girls’ Class 1A-Division I. Two members of the Goessel girls’ basketball team received honors: ...

In their fourth consecutive state appearance, Cougar girls bring home the school’s first state hardware in 43 years If you can’t take state, it’s nice to make history. When the final buzzer confirmed Centre’s 48-44 win over St. Paul Satur­day afternoon in the third-place game of the Class 1A-Div. ...

The Tabor College baseball team went 5-1 last week, sweeping a doubleheader with Saint Gregory’s before taking three of four from Kansas Wesleyan Friday and Saturday. The Bluejays, who rank fourth in the NAIA, improved to 28-3 on the season and 7-1 in KCAC play. Kansas Wesleyan—Tabor swept a doubleheader in Salina Friday. ...

Two Tabor College basketball athletes have achieved All-America status for their performances this past season. Both Bluejay basketball teams won regular season KCAC titles to qualify for their respective NAIA Division II national championships for the second consecutive year. Representing the women’s team, senior forward Tonisha Dean received third-team All-America honors. ...

The Tabor College softball team finished the week with an 11-16 record after sweeping Central Christian but losing twice at Benedic­tine. Benedictine—Tabor lost two games Saturday. The Bluejays dropped a 6-5 contest in Game 1. ...

The Tabor College women met their match in the quarterfinal round of the 2015 NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championship Saturday. Having advanced to the elite eight for the first time in program history, Tabor’s run ended with a 62-53 loss to 19th-ranked Briar Cliff (Iowa) (26-9), a No. 5 seed in Tabor’s quadrant. ...

The Tabor College men made an early exit from the 2015 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship after losing to sixth-ranked Morningside (Iowa) in the first round Thursday, 86-79. Tabor led for nearly half the game, but the Mustangs benefitted from a hot second half of shooting to pull away for the win. “We just lost focus defensively,” coach Micah Ratzlaff said. ...

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